An activity based around -oa for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the oa phoneme where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards.

A guided reading session based on the prologue for Romeo and Juliet. Useful for a whole class session where you can read through the text as a class before children complete the questions in pairs/ small groups before going through the answers at the end. Worked well with children in Year 5 as an introduction to Shakespeare and to look at the various meanings of the prologue.

A fact file/ knowledge organiser that can be stuck in children's books when doing a specific genre of writing in either English lessons or in a foundation subject. So far they include: Instructions - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary and a set of examples for time adverbials and for imperative verbs. Information texts - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary, an example of an information text and a diagram that shows the sequenced structure from the example text. Newspapers - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary, a labelled image of a newspaper story and a reminder about the key facts to include in any newspaper article. Persuasion Discussion Diary

3 sets of activities based around simple sentences. For each sheet, there are a number of pictures that have either the subject or the predicate of the sentence included. Children will then complete the sentence by either adding the action or adding the subject of the sentence.

34 different questions for Chapter Two of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.

An activity based around -er for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the er phoneme where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards.

Different word cards that include the er phoneme on them that children can read through blending together.

Resources linked to the -er phoneme.

53 different questions for Chapter One of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.

A fully planned and resourced set of 11 lessons for being able to write a diary. The planning is based on Lila's journey in The Firework-Maker's Daughter but most of the resources are easily adaptable to use for other diary writing units. Included are all the lesson presentations, resources and planning required as well as a fact file that children can stick in their book at the start of the unit.

An activity based around -ear for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the ear phoneme where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards.

A resource activity that tests children's ability to use search engines accurately with 25 questions across a range of topics. Quickly find out children's capabilities and the different ways in which they use Google before then being able to use this to inform a unit of work that looks at using search engines effectively.

A reading comprehension based on Mo Farah. Included is a fact file about Mo Farah and three differentiated question sheets with answers included. The fact file can also be used separately to work on Mo Farah or show examples of how people can write bibliographies about a sporting star. Reading questions work on both fact finding and inferring from the information available, enabling children to practise their reading skills as well as learning about Mo's background story.

A fact file/ knowledge organiser that can be stuck in children's books when doing the information genre in writing or for a help sheet if they are writing a non-chronological report in a foundation subject. Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary, an example of an information text and a diagram that shows the sequenced structure from the example text.

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Barack Obama's life for KS2 children.

A three-way differentiated resource that is a reading comprehension based on the opening extract from the first chapter of The Iron Man.

A fully resourced lesson on semi-colons that has been written for Year 5 but is easily adaptable. Included is the lesson presentation and three differentiated worksheets that focus on being able to use semi-colons, particularly between two independent clauses. These then move on to checking children's understanding through questions before the HA activity gets children to write their own sentences with semi-colons.

A word mat with different types of conjunctions that children can use when writing a variety of texts.

Word cards that include the different words from the statutory list of spellings for children in Years 5 and 6.

A lesson that focuses on embedded clauses, predominantly through the use of relative clauses and a focus on relative pronouns as part of this. Included is an activity sheet as well as an exit ticket task that asks to decipher between main and subordinate clauses.